Thought I'd get a thread ready for reactions once details of the season are released today.
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Thought they'd been released earlyOriginally posted by Caliban View Post
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Not to everyone. Let's take today as the day for fact rather than speculation!Originally posted by Tevot View PostThought they'd been released early
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Classy Bruckner sequence in Proms 69, 70 & 71...
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Is it as good as Andrew's (assuming he was contemplating one this year)?Originally posted by Caliban View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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At a quick first glance, this summer's Proms season actually looks pretty good. Nice balance of standard repertoire and 'buried treasure' (your own opinions on the latter will differ, of course), with more of the latter compared to last season, IMHO. (And no complete DSCH 10 [just the scherzo in the Ten Pieces Prom], thank goodness, wonderful as the symphony is, but it was long past time to give it a rest after so many consecutive/near-consecutive years of hearing it.) It's good to see the outreach to venues beyond the RAH and Cadogan Hall, perhaps a nod to such Proms in the 1970s.Comment
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As usual, the BBC homes in on the Strictly and David Bowie concertsOriginally posted by bluestateprommer View Post Plus ça change …
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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A more attractive programme for me than last year's unimaginative parade. There are quite a few concerts I wouldn't mind going to (including that Bruckner sequence Cali points out) - and the "weekend" of 29th July - 1st August is making me wonder about sorting out a trip to London for that lot. (But I bet Haitink Mahler #3 has sold out already!)
And ... I didn't notice last year, but are ticket prices notably higher this year?
PS: plus a booking fee of 2% of the total cost AND £2 PER TICKET!!!!!! - taking my initial cost of £46 up to £61.50.
I'll tune into Radio3.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Not that many will believe me but I was listening to the Galina Ustvolskaya piece only yesterday- an Alphabet Associtions discovery - she should shake P4 up a bit ....
Only had time for a swift glance but it looks as if the ER Northerners bus trip might be off for another year ....Comment
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Originally posted by Caliban View PostClassy Bruckner sequence in Proms 69, 70 & 71...
Wonder if I should arrange a few days in London in early September as a nice little surprise for Mrs PGT ... ?
I'd have liked the first-half pairings to have been rather more imaginative, though ...
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My first reaction after a cursory glance is "wow". There's at least 15 concerts featuring large scale choral works or operas. Crikey - Alexander Nevsky followed by Boris Gudonov the next day and then the day after by a Haydn Mass and Faure's Requiem... Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and Choral Symphony featuring within the first fortnight... Rossini x 2, Bach's B Minor, The Makrupulos case ...
And heck the Dvorak Cello concerto coupled with Duke Bluebeard...
I'm in a state of disbelief bordering on euphoria.... This promises to be a vintage year surely?
Best Wishes,
TevotComment
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This http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/r938q9/p...etails=setlist is better for concision IMO as it mostly boils it down to just text.Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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